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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1950
Page
2
In Akron a rubber firm unveils a radioactive golf ball with a miniature Geiger counter selling for about $25. The device aims to prevent losses of up to $100 per ball, promising fairway discipline but drawing mockery from readers about changing golf culture and ethics.
Advice on packing a balanced picnic with lightweight containers and a fitted basket. Includes tips on avoiding forgetfulness, using table accessories, and a menu checklist. Provides three sandwich recipes Banana Pineapple Special Bacon-Egg and Ham Potato with step by step ingredients and assembly guidance.
Lynn Chambers shares picnic strategies and recipes including hot soup in a thermos, oblong baked cakes, and ham and egg roll ups. It offers menu ideas such as broiled grapefruit scrambled eggs with frankfurter slices and a chicken salad sandwich on Vienna rolls, plus beverages and cooling drinks.
A retrospective look at the 1950 pro football crop with 13 teams and heavyweights like Leon Hart and Ted Williams crossing sports boundaries. The article notes shifting rosters, forecasts Eagles Browns Bears and Detroit as contenders, plus evolving pitching and hitting dynamics in baseball with high-scoring games and aging stars.
A humorous blotter style item notes a Cleveland college student’s Sunday school pennies earning a mother’s shocked question and a quip about bowls of money. The piece also quips about flattery and gossip as social commentary, including a Hollywood star salary remark and blunt advertising honesty.
A Covington Kentucky family promotes HADACOL as a cure for weight loss nervousness insomnia and stomach distress. Ernest Jean Hopper 10 credits improved mood and appetite after using HADACOL ordered by mail from The LeBlanc Corporation Lafayette Louisiana with a money back guarantee and trial and hospital sizes advertised.
Six week old chicks fed Chick Mash should continue with Dixie Growing Mash or Kurnels for strong pullets. Feeding Dixie Growing Mash boosts fall egg profits when eggs go to market. Visit a Dixie Feed Dealer for a free leaflet detailing extra poultry profits.
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